Jean Thesman

Jean Thesman (1929–2016) was a popular and award-winning[1][2] novelist for young adults[3] whose predominant theme was the heroine finding her place in the world by coming to understand her family.[4][5] "I loved telling the story, because I really believed that families were made up of the people you wanted, not the people you were stuck with." —Emily Shepherd[6]

  1. ^ Penguin website.
  2. ^ "Awards page". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  3. ^ SF Site
  4. ^ Carol Hurst
  5. ^ The Alan Review
  6. ^ Jean Thesman, In the House of the Queen's Beasts (Viking, 2001, p.79).